Long-awaited Thaksin case opens in Thailand

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Updated July 8, 2008 20:59:25

Thailand's Supreme Court has begun hearing evidence in a corruption case against the billionaire-former-prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra.

Presenter: Karen Percy
Speakers: Dr Pasuk Pongpaichit, Professor of Economics at Chulalongkorn University; Thai Foreign Minister Noppodol Pattama.

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